as well as nearshore areas of Lake Michigan. Legacy industrial pollution is largely to blame for the impairments in the Milwaukee estuary, specifically from PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls.

We've tracked the boat's presence and popularity as a must-see local attraction since its owners abandoned it and headed back to Mississippi. Here are the highlights.

It's been six months since a couple abandoned a boat along Lake Michigan's shoreline in Milwaukee. Now Jerry Guyer, the man who's spent months and a lot of money trying to free it, is turning to ...

Lake sturgeon were found in relative abundance in Lake Michigan and ... to unregulated killing, pollution and dams that blocked spawning migrations. That included the Milwaukee River, where ...

Environmental Protection Agency Director Lee Zeldin issued guidance to limit federal protections for wetlands last week that ...

The Wisconsin DNR is working to rehabilitate the lake sturgeon population into a self-sustaining future in the Milwaukee River.

Dredged sediment will be placed 8 to 12 feet deep on the lake bottom ... back against a mandate from the state to test for pollution. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and ...

The Coast Guard determines the boat doesn't pose a threat of pollution ... Ice surrounds a stranded boat on the Lake Michigan shore in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, The Chris-Craft Roamer ...